Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1887 — WEST. [ARTICLE]

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The statue of General James B. Steedman, presented to the city of Toledo, Ohio, by Colonel William J. Findlay, was unveiled Thursday in the presence of a great multitude. General J. C. Smith, Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, delivered the oration, and a - poem by Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sherwood was read by Mrs. Bebecca Steedman McCann, a niece of Gen. Steedman. Miss Lillie Field was found in a hog-pen near Fergus Falls, Minn., disemboweled,’ with her - throat ent. A -Scandinavian hired man named Nels Olson Holung is supposed to be the murderer, as the girl was left alone with him early in the morning, and he is missing. ■» A PeKIMHI.) dispatch states that David fiurns, a well-to-do farmer residing near Green Valley, was fleeced outof $1,500 by three sharpers, who registered by the names of C. N. Gault, B. E. Jones, and J. B. Brown. They offered him a large price for his farm, and then roped him in on the lottery scheme. Burns drove to the Delavan bank and decreased his account $1,500. He still holds the lottery ticket, but Gault, Jones, and Brown, and the money have flown. A Fremont (Ohio) special says that two bunko men made a rieh haul from a wealthy farmer named King. King was invited by one of the men. who introduced himself as the sou of a prominent banker of Fremont, to go to a house where there was a private drawing. Kmg drew $2,000 and procured $2,000 of his own money to double the amount. The second time he lost, and a dispute followed. The bunko man who v anted King to have his moneystarted with King for the city for an officer. He told King to wait at one place until he returned. King waited, but the man has not yet returned A B. T. Richardson, editor of the ATortksEoT aml “kiTled 0. B. Willard, editor of the 77»i Trouble had been ' brewing for some time. It originated over personalities, which grew more abusive from week to week in each paper. Richardson was arrested. Great excitement prevailed, and there was considerable talk of lynching, but as Richardson has quite a political'following it is quite likely that he will be protected from violence.